Improvement in picture-frames



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MAUX, O F NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PICTURE-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,178Qdatcd June 19,1877; application filed April 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD MAUX, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented anew and Improved Picture-Frame, of which thefollowing is a specification In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 otherpictures may be readily inserted without being pasted or otherwiseattached to the same, the frame admitting thereby the exchanging ofpictures and the quicker framing of the same.

The invention consists of a passe-partont with a backing having asuitable opening for the pictures, and being placed back of the facelining of the covering-glass.

In the drawing, A represents a passe-partout of the usual construction,and of any suitable size and finish, which is provided, back a of theface-lining of the glass, with an additional pasteboard or other fra meor backing,

B, that forms, by an opening, a, of about the size of the picture, areceptacle for inserting and retaining the photograph or other pictureto be framed. The photograph is merely put in at one end between theframe B and the face-lining O, and sufliciently secured by the same forputting on the sliding or other back, requiring no pasting orothcrfastcning of the picture, and admitting the convenient changing ofthe picture at any time. A large class of picture-frames may thereby beused with greater facility, and the pictures secured therein in theexact position desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As an improvement in iasse-partonts, the

'EDVVARD MAUX.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL,

(J. SEDGWICK,

